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Asia

Spotlights

  • CABI Warns of Rapid Spread of Crop-Devastating Fall Armyworm Across Asia (Aug 2, 2018)
    CAB International.
    CABI scientists have today warned of the impending rapid spread of the crop-devastating pest, fall armyworm, across Asia following its arrival in India, with major crop losses expected unless urgent action is taken. The warning comes following a pest alert (PDF | 42 KB) published this week by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) on the website of one of its bureaux, NBAIR, confirming the discovery of fall armyworm in the southern state of Karnataka. CABI scientists warned Asia was at risk from fall armyworm following the pest's rapid spread across Africa in 2017.
  • FAO and Partners Ramp Up Efforts to Track and Prevent Spread of Damaging Wheat Rusts (Apr 14, 2016)
    UN. Food and Agriculture Organization.
    The ongoing spread of wheat rusts, a group of fungal plant diseases that stymy the production of the staple grain and other crops, is raising concern in Central Asia and the Middle East and sparking closer international collaboration to study, detect and prevent the threat from advancing further.

Selected Resources

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Partnership

Interactive Agricultural Ecological Atlas of Russia and Neighboring Countries (AgroAtlas): Economic Plants and their Diseases, Pests and Weeds
AgroAtlas.
The Russian-English Agricultural Atlas is the world’s most comprehensive source of information on the geographic distribution of plant-based agriculture in Russia and neighboring countries. The Atlas contains 1500 maps that illustrate the distribution of 100 crops, 560 wild crop relatives, 640 diseases, pests and weeds, and 200 environmental parameters.
Special Note: Over 70 scientists from three major Russian institutions and the USDA closely collaborated on this project.
Invasive Species Impacts in Asia

CAB International.
Tropical Asia Invaded: The Growing Danger of Invasive Alien Species (2004) (PDF | 8.4 MB)
Global Invasive Species Programme.
See also: GISP Publications and Reports for additional reports for Asia

International Government

Alien Species
Japan Ministry of the Environment.
CIESM Atlas of Exotic Species in the Mediterranean
Mediterranean Science Commission.
Invasive Species of Japan
National Institute for Environmental Studies (Japan).

Academic

Plant Pests of the Middle East
Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food, and Environment.

Professional

Freshwater Fishes of Russia - An Overview of Nonindigenous Fishes in Inland Waters of Russia
Russian Academy of Sciences. Zoological Institute.
Invasive Plants of India
Indian Society of Weed Science.
Plant Protection Publications
Food and Fertilizer Technology Center.